Ferrol weather in December

In December, Ferrol sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 144 mm of rain across 15.2 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of December to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ferrol's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ferrol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
10th warmest
Overnight low
10°
4th coldest
Rainfall
144 mm
15.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
9:06 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
66%
10th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Ferrol is human settlement in Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 7.9 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ferrol reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ferrol weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 14715.59.13.0
Feb13° / 10512.710.23.3
Mar14° / 10°10212.411.64.0
Apr15° / 11°10013.713.24.2
May17° / 13°7211.714.55.3
Jun19° / 15°528.715.26.3
Jul21° / 17°36714.97.1
Aug22° / 17°478.113.87.1
Sep20° / 16°719.412.36.5
Oct18° / 14°12613.510.85.3
Nov15° / 12°15616.69.53.8
Dec13° / 10°14415.28.83.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33565
43466
53466
63565
73466
83565
93565
103565
113664
123763
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223763
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243664
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273466
283466
293367
303367
313367

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ferrol gets around 144 mm of rain over 15.2 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
152
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650
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849
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1148
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1747
1847
1947
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2147
2248
2348
2448
2549
2649
2749
2850
2950
3051
3151

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1964
2964
3964
4964
5964
6964
7964
8964
9964
10964
11964
12964
13973
14973
15973
16973
17973
18973
19982
20982
21982
22982
23982
24982
25982
26982
27982
28982
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31982

Wind in December

Winds average 20 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120light breeze
220light breeze
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820light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of December to 8 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:52 AM to 9:12 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.08:525:53
29.08:545:53
39.08:555:52
48.98:565:52
58.98:575:52
68.98:575:52
78.98:585:52
88.98:595:52
98.99:005:52
108.89:015:52
118.89:025:52
128.89:035:52
138.89:035:52
148.89:045:52
158.89:055:52
168.89:065:53
178.89:065:53
188.89:075:53
198.89:075:54
208.89:085:54
218.89:095:54
228.89:095:55
238.89:095:55
248.89:105:56
258.89:105:56
268.89:115:57
278.89:115:58
288.89:115:58
298.89:115:59
308.89:126:00
318.89:126:00

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.31 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.4Dim
21.4Dim
31.4Dim
41.4Dim
51.4Dim
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.3Dim
181.3Dim
191.3Dim
201.3Dim
211.3Dim
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231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ferrol?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ferrol.

What to pack for Ferrol in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Ferrol sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Ferrol in December

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

12°14°16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar13Bracing
Apr13Bracing
May14Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov15Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index in Ferrol in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ferrol peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ferrol?

Ferrol sits at 43.5°N, 8.2°W, 24 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Narón, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Ferrol

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ferrol.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ferrol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 531 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,032 m.

The land around Ferrol is covered by water (34%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (41%), trees (33%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
220 m
16 km
531 m
80 km
1,032 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Narón 4.0 km · Oleiros 18 km · A Coruña 18 km · Cambre 23 km · Culleredo 25 km · Arteixo 30 km · Carballo 48 km · Viveiro 55 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 65% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$38,627
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ferrol (43.4845°, -8.2329°, elevation 24 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).